@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ Alpha! Not release-ready! Here be dragonnes! etc. Archaeopteryx is a MIDI system for Ruby based on code from Topher Cyll's book "Practical Ruby Projects." -Archaeopteryx successfully generates original drum and bass rhythms, synchs original rhythms to -MP3 playback, and crossfades between existing MP3 tracks. +Archaeopteryx successfully generates original drum and bass rhythms, tours the circle of fifths +and the circle of fourths, does extremely simplistic randomized pseudo-arpeggios, handles chord +progressions of the I-IV-V and V-I varieties, synchs original rhythms to MP3 playback, and crossfades +between existing MP3 tracks. Archaeopteryx is a Ruby front-end to prosumer music software such as Propellerhead Reason and Ableton Live. You need a MIDI consumer to get anything useful out of it. README 5abd15a768ceb09926bbba869adeb4267f532fae Giles Bowkett gilesb@gmail.com http://github.com/bleything/archaeopteryx/commit/074b215c59ad48cbf80262d4310bf2c0632978d1 074b215c59ad48cbf80262d4310bf2c0632978d1 2008-08-24T09:45:52-07:00 2008-08-24T09:45:52-07:00 Rick and Rupert - apologies - will look at yr changes and merge at least some of them in after Burning Man. Definitely the specs, the rdoc, and the strategies instead of queue name change. Off to the event soon. Updated README with new features. b91048505f824fb7b4666806ef31231811da2083 Giles Bowkett gilesb@gmail.com